Fertility in Switzerland, 2005

Switzerland
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Switzerland was 1.42 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.5 years old. In total, 72,245 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.42
Births
72,245
Births per 1,000 people
9.7
Mean age of mothers
30.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
7,431,823
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.00.0%6
15-195.01.8%1,051
20-2438.113.5%8,293
25-2985.730.3%19,886
30-3498.734.9%26,017
35-3946.716.5%14,269
40-448.43.0%2,613
45-490.40.1%105
50-540.00.0%0